War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

Marshal Radetzki's reply made Carlo Alberto a little surprised. Although the latter was a king and had an extremely noble status, it was not much more difficult for the former to crush the latter than to kill an ant at this time.

Carlo Alberto could only smile and said.

"I'm so angry. The French are so cruel and violent!"

To be honest, Marshal Radetzky is 82 years old, well-educated, and looks like a kind old man at ordinary times, so the soldiers like to call him Father Radetzky.

But Carlo Alberto's words really angered him. During the entire war, at least tens of thousands of Austrian soldiers were buried in this land forever, and even more were injured.

Generally speaking, for every soldier killed or injured in a war, more than a dozen or even dozens of civilians suffer.

Although burning, killing and looting is an immoral act, it is a very effective means of reducing stress for the military.

As far as Marshal Radetzki knows, all armies throughout the ages, even the Crusaders who marched eastward in the name of God, are not exempt from this practice.

But at this time the Austrian Empire's army did it, and he was sincerely proud of the boys in his army.

A combination of government and church propaganda, harsh discipline, generous rewards, royal oversight, and nationalism were all needed to create such an army in this era.

And now Carlo Alberto, a villain, actually dares to wrong these bravest people and make them suffer. Even the old marshal has no temper and no matter how well-educated he is, he can't bear it.

Although Archduke Franz requested that harm to civilians be minimized, Carlo Alberto was not considered a civilian after all, right?

On the night that the Austrian troops withdrew, Carlo Alberto's temporary palace was attacked and property worth millions of lire was looted.

After the Austrian army and the Sardinian army completed the handover, riots broke out in dozens of prisoner of war camps

The volunteers who resisted France directly turned into local separatist forces after the Austrian army withdrew.

Carlo Alberto and his ministers were helpless in the face of this situation. In their minds, even the French could not solve the problem, so what could they do?

In fact, Garibaldi was also in Radetzky's army. He had hoped to meet Carlo Alberto, the last hope of the Italian nation.

(Cavour said this about Carlo Alberto in the newspaper "Revenge" he founded.)

However, Garibaldi was disappointed when he saw him outside Turin.

After the departure of the Austrian army, the Kingdom of Sardinia was in chaos. Carlo Alberto made many mistakes and completely disappointed Garibaldi.

Soon after, Carlo Alberto signed the Treaty of the Po River with the Austrian Empire to establish a pan-Po River free trade area.

Garibaldi became the first commander of the Po Guards. In fact, 80% of this army was composed of Austrian soldiers. Their mission was to protect free trade and occasionally help the Kingdom of Sardinia solve some minor troubles.

Garibaldi was also given an Austrian residence by Marshal Radetzky, Joseph Giuseppe Zoppo (zoppo, lame in Italian.), colonel of the Imperial Army and commander of the Po River Guards.

Sardinia was responsible for repatriating the French troops trapped in the Kingdom of Sardinia and collecting ransoms from the French. Carlo Alberto would never have the guts.

However, in order to avoid being beaten in the future, it is still necessary to make some small moves to reduce the effective strength of the French army.

Inciting people to attack French prisoners of war is a good idea, at least Carlo Alberto thinks it is very clever.

In addition, in the Alps, the mountains are high and the roads are dangerous. It is normal for some French troops to have accidents, right?

As a result, of the more than 200,000 French troops, less than 100,000 returned home alive.

After Cavaignac made sure that this group of people had not signed any bullshit declaration of honor with the Austrians, he dragged them all onto the battlefield to quell the domestic rebellion.

The signing of the Treaty of the Po River not only established the Pan-Po River Free Trade Zone and the Po River Guards, but also protected the interests of the Austrian Empire in the Genoa region.

According to Franz's plan, some of the wounded soldiers will be rehabilitated directly, and the land will be their reward.

As for the Genoese farmers who lost their land, they would enter factories. Of course, Franz was more concerned about his image. These factories were run by local compradors, and they even had to pay for them themselves. The Austrian Empire only provided them with markets.

Most of the first compradors were Genoese bankers and local gentry who had previous dealings with the Austrian Empire, but there were some noteworthy names.

Among them is the famous Camillo Benso Cavour, one of the three famous Italian heroes in history, a famous constitutional monarch and patriot in the Kingdom of Sardinia at this time.

Some people may not understand Cavour's behavior, but Franz thinks there is nothing surprising. After all, as a capitalist, how can he have trouble with money?

Of course, understanding this, Franz would not feel the joy of having all the heroes in the world fall into his lap. He just smiled calmly.

With the formal entry into force of the Treaty of Strasbourg, the Austrian Imperial Army and the German Allied Forces began a full withdrawal.

As external pressure was lifted, the pressure on the French government was also much reduced. However, Cavaignac did not choose to continue the civil war and completely eradicate dissidents. Instead, he chose peace negotiations and promised fair elections.

In fact, Cavaignac has always been very concerned about his own identity. He always felt that he was the president in a wrong way, so an election must be held to consolidate his position.

The news soon spread like wildfire, and a middle-aged man in a London pub picked up his glass and drank it all in one gulp.

"France is going to be in chaos again. Cavaignac is really an idiot. Doesn't he know that France can't live without a backbone at this time?"

"Maybe he thinks he is the backbone."

"A self-righteous guy, he only deserves to be the police chief!"

"Are you still planning to go back? Your compatriots don't seem to welcome you very much."

The middle-aged man glanced at the speaker, his eyes burning like fire.

"It seems you have an idea."

"Haha, of course. How could our big shot give up? Just like if Mr. Hugo was caught in prison, would he be able to shut up?"

"Isn't Mr. Hugo a member of Parliament? How could he be sent to prison?"

"Haha! The king has been driven out, so what's impossible?"

"That's true."

"But the situation in France is not optimistic. We lost half of our men last time, and this time we may be completely wiped out.

You have to think clearly. "

"There's nothing to be afraid of. If it weren't for our big shot, I would still be locked up in that lunatic asylum."

"Haha, interesting! Interesting! I want to see how far you can go."

"Count me in too!"

"And I!"

At this time, the middle-aged man finally put down his wine glass and stopped the noise in the pub.

"France! Your emperor is back!"